iBooks Author

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iBooks author will only run on a Mac that is running Lion operating system

Focus of this session
  • Basic understanding of what iBooks Author is and isn't
  • Working with the interface
  • Adding multimedia
  • Adding interactivity
  • Questions

Students can annotate directly on an iBook once displayed on the iPad

You will spend MORE time with content Outside of iBooks Author than the time spent to assemble the book.

A few key notes
768 (height) x 1024 (width) is height and width for landscape mode
.wdgt (widget extension)

Tools to Help with iBook creation
  • GetTube
  • Handbrake
  • Photoshop
  • Garageband/Adacity
  • Hype (html 5 web creation tool)
  • Kompozer
  • iPhoto
  • iMovie
  • Sketch-Up (for 3D .dae)
  • Second Life
  • Book Palette (has more textbook templates)

Matt Maciag
www.thinkmatt.com/macul12
matt@thinkmatt.com